Local food reviewer James Fereira visits your favorite local eateries and shares all the good with a little snark.
The Portland Palate Ruski’s Tavern – Still a Neighborhood Bar? Sometimes it’s the patrons who best define the zeitgeist of a business rather than the business defining itself. Rus... Read more
The Portland Palate Review: Oh No Cafe by James Fereira This month I’m reviewing Oh No Café, Portland’s West End. Oh No has been a staple establishment at the corner of Brackett and Gray... Read more
The Portland Palate Bonobo Wood Fire Pizza by James Fereira Before we get to the Bonobo review… One activity I find myself in as a newly-out writer is collaborating with my handful of... Read more
The Portland Palate West End Markets Part II: The New by James Fereira I set out on a quest, visiting five local markets to ‘get my picnic on’ in the interest of invoking and welcoming a spr... Read more
Picnic, Anyone? West End Markets Part I: The Overlooked This month’s review deviates from the previous two in that, honoring WEN’s May theme of “gardening, spring and urban agriculture,” I w... Read more
The Portland Palate Artemisia ‘A Good Choice Off the Beaten Path’ by James Fereira This cozy restaurant, hidden in plain sight in Portland’s “studio district,” is a great small find. Were it... Read more
The Portland Palate An Introduction to WEN’s New Food Review Ask and you shall receive… After our 2016 Reader Survey, the results were undeniable that West Enders want food reviews. So, I pu... Read more
